Drink Capacities

This maths teaching pack for Key Stage Two gets the children to practise converting between the capacities of some different types of drinks using measurements that have been recorded in litres and millilitres.
The class can identify and model some of the number calculation skills that they can use to convert between each unit of measurement for capacity.
Download this teaching pack including classroom activities and an interactive presentation to practise converting between the capacities of some different types of drinks using measurements that have been recorded in litres and millilitres
Activities in this teaching pack include a differentiated set of worksheets to calculate and record how to convert capacity measurements in whole and half litres and millilitres for support ability levels, and in whole, half and quarter litres and millilitres for core and extension ability levels.
The interactive presentation gets the children to explore how to convert between different capacities for types of drinks using measurements in litres and millilitres.
This lesson is part of a maths scheme of work to get the children to explain and model how to convert between different units of measurement for capacity by comparing and matching capacities in litres and millilitres. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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